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Links
Below you will find websites that are helpful to History-Social Science educators. UCBH-SSP is not responsible for the maintenence or content of these websites. This is by no means an exhaustive list of online resources.
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California State Content Standards |
California State Content Standards
State of California History-Social Science Standards
State of California English-Language Arts Content Standards
California Department of Education
U.S. History Resources
America in Caricature - Political cartoons from 1765-1865 at Indiana University's Lilly Library
American Studies at the University of Virginia
Angel Island - Chinese Immigration History
Archiving Early America - A good place to find original newspapers, maps, and writings from 18th century America
CIVNET - a worldwide online civic education community
Cylinder Recordings - Very early sound recordings
The Federalist Archive - Important resource for teachers of Federalism
Geography Education - From National Geographic
Geography on About.com - Maps, quizzes, articles, and more.
Graphic Witness - Political cartoons
Historical Gazette - This online edition covers interesting historical events of the West.
History Matters - This is an outstanding resource from George Mason University.
HTA Index - Historical Text Archive
History Place
A Hypertext on American History - This site covers the United States from the Colonial Period through modern times.
The Interactive Santa Fe Trail
Library of Congress - The American Memory collection is of particular interest.
Map Collection of the Library of Congress
Map History/History of Cartography: The Gateway to the Subject
Maryland Historical Society - Primary source analysis worksheets.
Native California - A list of text- and internet-based resources on California history.
PBS - K-12 teaching resources by subject matter
Primary Sources Research Colloquium - Yale University Library Primary Source Research
Texas/Mexico Borderlands
SCORE - Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Teaching American History at Mt. Diablo United School District - includes professor lectures and lessons
Uncle Sam: A Guide for Citing Government Documents
United States History Links List - An extensive list compiled by Prof. Erika Lee at the University of Minnesota.
World History Resources 
African History Resources - This site provides historical sources on the history of human societies on the African continent.
Ancient History Sourcebook - A primary source resource at Fordham University.
Archaeology Magazine
Center for Islamic Studies
Economic & Political Systems - from the Library of Congess
H-Africa - Africa's history, culture, and African studies
Hyperhistory
Hyper-History Online - This site covers 3000 years of history.
Interactive Ancient Mediterranean
Internet Classics Archive
Islamic Studies
Jewish History Sourcebook
The Labyrinth - Resources for Medieval History from Georgetown University.
Medieval History Sourcebook - A primary source resource at Fordham University
Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection - at Cornell University.
Perseus Digital Library
Primary Sources - Pertaining to various voyages of discovery throughout history.
Oriental Institute Research Archives - at the University of Chicago
Sumerians of Mesopotamia
Thebean Mapping Project - Resources on Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
University of Michigan Digital Library Collections
World History Archives - A collection of documents for teaching and understanding history from a working class perspective.
World History for Us All - A curriculum focusing on world history for middle and high schools.
Xi'an Terracotta Warriors
Libraries
The Bancroft Library - UC Berkeley's Primary Special Collections Library
Berkeley Digital Library Sunsite
California Heritage Collections - at the Bancroft Library
Calisphere - University of California resource for primary sources
Doe & Moffitt Libraries - UC Berkeley's Main Humanities/Social Science & Undergraduate Libraries
High-Beam Research - offers a free trial for the online newspapers/journals library
Harvard Library
The Library of Congress
National Archives and Records Administration
UCLA Library
Virtual Library - based out of the European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Yale Library
Teaching with Primary Sources
Museums
The British Museum
Museum of the City of San Francisco
The National Gallery of Art
Newseum - Interactive Museum of News
Oakland Museum of California
The Smithsonian Institution
de Young Museum - educational resources from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Online Newspapers/Journals
American Journalism Review
JStor - American Historical Review
History Journals Guide
News Link
News and Newspapers Online
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Conferences
Below are links to the conferences at which staff and teacher fellows of the UCBH-SSP typically present.
California Council for Social Studies (CCSS)
National Council of History Education (NCHE)
California Council for History Education (CCHE)